The city, home of Michigan State University, passed a special law earlier this year specifically to oust Steve and Bridget Tennes, owners of Country Mill Farms in Charlotte.

"As the court found, East Lansing officials changed their market policy to shut out Steve because they don't like his Catholic beliefs regarding marriage," Alliance Defending Freedom's Kate Anderson, who is representing the Tennes, said.

In August 2016, Steve Tennes answered a Facebook inquiry about his 120-acre farm hosting a homosexual wedding. "Due to our religious beliefs, we do not participate in the celebration of a same-sex union," Tennes responded on Facebook.

When East Lansing officials got wind of Tennes' Facebook response, they told him not to come to their Farmer's Market because there may be protests. Tennes went anyway and there were no protests. So the city took it to the next level.

City officials changed the farmer's market contract, adding a requirement that vendors' "general business practice" obey the city's pro-homosexual ordinance against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender self-identity, and gender expression.

With the excluding addition in place, the city denied Tennes a vendor's permit in March, even though Tennes had been a fixture at the farmer's market for six years.

After passing the ordinance change, the city then accused Tennes' Country Mill of violating it. "The Country Mill has been excluded from the East Lansing Farmer's Market because the East Lansing Farmer's Market policy requires that all vendors comply with the City's Civil Rights ordinances."

Tennes sued the city in May, saying he was discriminated against because of his sincerely held religious beliefs. "True tolerance is a two-way street," Tennes said. "The government should not eradicate people of faith from the marketplace."

East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows stood his ground against the Catholic farmer, saying, "They can say whatever they want, but their corporation needs to act in a certain way to qualify to sell products at the East Lansing Farmer's Market on publicly owned land."

Tennes petitioned to be allowed back at the farmer's market while his court case proceeds. "Since June 1, we've already missed 3 1/2 months of being able to attend East Lansing Farmer's Market, where we've served everyone for the last seven years," Steve Tennes said. "Now we only have about six weeks left of the market to be able to sell."

The city tried to dismiss Tennes' lawsuit outright, but late last week District Court Judge Paul Maloney in Kalamazoo granted Tennes' request to be allowed back at the farmer's market while Tennes' lawsuit...

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